Trump Doesn't Want Gun Control After 'Great' NRA Meeting

Only a day after calling for gun control measures, the president, according to the powerful gun lobby, is no longer interested in preventing gun violence.

On Feb. 28, President Donald Trump calls for a “beautiful” gun control bill.

On March 1, President Donald Trump doesn't want gun control.

So, what happened in just one day?

A meeting with the National Rifle Association, apparently.

I had a great meeting tonight with @realDonaldTrump & @VP. We all want safe schools, mental health reform and to keep guns away from dangerous people. POTUS & VPOTUS support the Second Amendment, support strong due process and don’t want gun control. #NRA#MAGA

NRA Institute for Legislative Action (NRA-ILA) Executive Director Chris Cox tweeted he had met Trump and Vice President Mike Pence and that they "support due process" and they “don’t want gun control.”

The "due process" reference was to the POTUS' statement, delivered a day before, where he talked about the urgency of taking away guns from mentally ill people.

While not wholly endorsing gun control, he provided at least some relief and hope to gun control advocates by saying, “It would be so beautiful to have one bill that everyone could support." In fact, Trump even appeared to break with the NRA, even chastising some Republican lawmakers of being "petrified of the NRA."